Politics

11/04/2012

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney stands in front of a spotlight as he speaks during a campaign event at the International Exposition Center Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Supporters cheer as U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at a campaign rally at the McArthur High School in Hollywood, Florida, on November 4, 2012. Obama and challenger Mitt Romney criss-crossed America on Sunday, appealing for votes in a two-day final dash for the US election win that both sides claim is within their grasp. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

11/02/2012

Mayor Rob Ford unexpectedly visited the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, to read a proclamation opening the event for its 90th year. Followng his speach, he toured the Fair and even stopped to help wash Ronald, a short-hair cross from the Dresden Beef Club.

10/04/2012

Syrian child refugees attend their fourth day of school at Al Zaatri refugee camp, in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria October 4, 2012. The school is a grant from the European Union to provide education to Syrian refugees residing in Jordan. The first phase will start with 2,400 out of 4,000 primary, middle and high school students, the Director of UNICEF in Jordan, Dominique Hyde said.

09/24/2012

A Free Syrian Army soldier, right, looks through a mirror which helps him see Syrian troops from the other side, as he takes his position with his comrade during fighting, at the old city of Aleppo city, Syria, Monday Sept. 24, 2012. Most of those fighting the regime of President Bashar Assad are ordinary Syrians and soldiers who have defected, having become fed up with the authoritarian government, analysts say. But increasingly, foreign fighters and those adhering to an extremist Islamist ideology are turning up on the front lines. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

09/19/2012

It's the one-year anniversary of the Occupy movement, which started on Wall Street in New York and spread around the world. While the issues — economic, social, political, environmental, philosophical — that were raised a year ago remain real concerns, protesters now struggle to capture the public's imagination for their causes. A look back at Occupy in 25 photos:

A masked protestor participates in the Occupy Vancouver group assembly in Vancouver Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. A grassroots protest movement that began in the United States has crossed the border as Canadians across the country gathered to demonstrate against social inequality and corporate greed. (The Canadian Press/Geoff Howe)

09/12/2012

Libyan civilians help an unconscious man, identified by eyewitnesses as US ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, at the US consulate compound in Benghazi in the early hours of September 12, 2012, following an overnight attack on the building. Stevens and three of his colleagues were killed in an attack on the US consulate in the eastern Libyan city by Islamists outraged over an amateur American-made Internet video mocking Islam, less than six months after being appointed to his post.

07/14/2012

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a rain-soaked campaign event on July 14, 2012 at Walkerton Tavern & Gardens in Glen Allen, Virginia. Obama is campaigning in Virginia for the second straight day ahead of the November presidential election. (AFP/Getty Images/Mandel Ngan)